The remote lab is currently available to students, faculty, and staff with UWYO domain accounts. Faculty and staff use of the remote lab system should be limited to activities that are related to class preparation and course development. Use of the software packages on the remote lab system for faculty and staff research related purposes is prohibited.

The UWSTUDENT Remote Lab System can be accessed at http://microlab.uwyo.edu/uwsremote.  Directions for connecting can be found at How to Connect to the UWStudent Remote Lab System. (www.uwyo.edu/askit/displaydoc.asp?askitdocid=2263&parentid=1)

To access the UWSTUDENT Remote Lab System you must have a high speed Internet connection and a computer with Java enabled Internet browser.  Connections to the UWSTUDENT Remote Lab System can be made through dial-up, but because of speed limitations, dial-up access is not recommended or supported.  For the best possible experience Information Technology recommends and provides support for the Internet Explorer browser.

The software running the Remote Student Lab system is designed to work with any Java capable Web browser. For the best possible experience Information Technology recommends and provides support for Internet Explorer.  Other Java capable browsers, such as Firefox and Safari, have been tested and run the remote lab, but any problems incurred with these browsers can only be supported as a best effort.

All of the standard lab system software is available on the UWSTUDENT Remote Lab System computers. A complete list of the software can be found at http://microlab.uwyo.edu/labs/software.asp.

If the screen after logging in is unusable it is an indication that cookies are being blocked.  Go into Tools, Internet Options, Privacy (Tools, Options, Privacy in Firefox) and enable cookies.  Once cookies are enabled you will need to close out of the browser and re-launch it for the changes to take effect.

Yes, printing is available on the Remote Lab System if you have a printer installed locally on your computer.  The Remote Lab System uses a universal print driver to connect to the printer you have installed locally on your computer.  Because the driver is not an exact match for your printer, there may be differences between what is displayed on the screen and what is printed.

If you are having problems printing to the lab computers from your Mac, instructions and mapping commands can be found at http://microlab.uwyo.edu/labs/macprinters.asp.

The My Documents folder on the UWSTUDENT Remote Lab computers is redirected to the Personal folder on students’ H: drive (h:\personal). The H: drive is the network storage space provided to all enrolled students. For faculty and staff, the H: drive is mapped to their WAREHOUSE personal network storage.

Yes, the warnings can be prevented by adding the URL https://remotestudentlab.uwyo.edu to Trusted Sites in Internet Explorer.  Instructions on how to do this can be found at How to Add a Site to Internet Explorer's Trusted Sites List.

Yes, you can connect to the same computer.  You will need to wait 2 minutes and then reconnect to the same pool you originally selected.  You will be reconnected to the disconnected session.

1. Close all browsers or any browser sessions.
    
2. Locate and delete your hob_jportal folder and all of its contents.
   In Windows Vista it can be found under C:\Users\[username]\.
   
   
   
   In Windows XP, the hob_jportal folder is located in the C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\ folder.
   
   
    
3. Reconnect to the remote lab system (the hob_jportal folder should be re-created).